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ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) -- Michigan was facing another high-powered
offense, this time trying to stay alive in the Big Ten title chase.
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The Wolverines (No. 17 ESPN/USA Today, No. 18 AP) wasted no time defusing Indiana and
quarterback Antwaan Randle El, shocking the Hoosiers with 35
second-quarter points on their way to a 58-0 rout Saturday.
"It's a good feeling, to be able to come out and within the
game plan be able to score points and score points so quickly,"
said Drew Henson, who threw scoring passes of 27 and 33 passes to
David Terrell in the second quarter, each time on Michigan's first
play from scrimmage.
Anthony Thomas ran for 98 yards and three touchdowns, giving him
47 on his career and tying Tyrone Wheatley (1991-94) atop
Michigan's career list. The Wolverines rolled up 282 yards on the
ground.
"Everyone's been saying how explosive our offense could be, but
that doesn't mean much," said Henson, who finished 14-for-18 for
233 yards with no interceptions. "It's up to us to go out and make
plays."
Michigan (5-2, 3-1 Big Ten) did that and more, rolling up 562
net yards of offense for a 7.6 yards-per-play average. Indiana
(2-4, 1-2) came into the contest averaging 38.4 points, but managed
only 186 yards.
"We moved the ball but the early turnovers just killed us,"
Randle El said. "We put our defense in a real bad situation, and
you just can't do that against a good team."
After losing 32-31 a week earlier at Purdue, the Wolverines
emerged from Saturday's game tied for the conference lead with
Purdue, Northwestern and Minnesota. Ohio State is a half-game
behind at 2-1 after losing to Minnesota at home.
Randle El ran for 39 yards and completed 13-of-27 passes for 111
yards. He became the second player to run for 2,000 yards and pass
for 5,000 in a career. Southwestern Louisiana's Brian Mitchell ran
for 3,335 and threw for 5,447 from 1987-89.
The Hoosiers had little else to show for their efforts Saturday.
"This is one of those games you don't need to see the tape
on," Indiana coach Cam Cameron said. "It was like it happened in
slow motion, and we can't beat anybody when we play like that."
Michigan electrified the Homecoming crowd of 110,909 with five
touchdowns over a 9:01 span of the second quarter, starting when
Marquise Walker blocked Ryan Hamre's punt, picked it up on the
first bounce and raced 41 yards for a score with 11:12 left.
In addition to the quick TD strikes from Henson to Terrell,
Thomas scored on a 6-yard run up the middle -- following a 75-yard
pass from Henson to Walker -- and Chris Perry turned an off-tackle
slant into a 22-yard score.
The 35 second-quarter points tied the school record for points
set in 1982 against Northwestern and tied in 1992 against Houston.
Michigan's 45 first-half points were second only to the 55 scored
against Chicago in 1939 and matched in 1991 against Northwestern.
"The biggest thing about today is, we hit a lot of big plays,"
Wolverines coach Lloyd Carr said. "We played a complete game and
played real physical. In this conference and with what has happened
in the past three weeks, you have to be ready for anything."
Thomas' 6-yard run gave the Wolverines a 52-0 lead with 10:08
left in the third period. The Wolverines' Hayden Epstein kicked two
fourth-quarter field goals before Cameron replaced Randle El with
junior Tommy Jones.
Michigan led 3-0 after Jeff Del Verne kicked a 40-yard field
goal with 8:02 left in the first quarter. Howard's fourth
interception of the season set up a Michigan drive capped by
Thomas' 7-yard TD run with 3:08 left.
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 Michigan's Drew Henson launches a 47-yard TD pass to his favorite target David Terrell.
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Michigan's Anthony Thomas bruises his way 7 yards for the TD.(courtesy: ABCSports)
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Michigan's Drew Henson connects with David Terrell on this 27-yard TD pass. (courtesy: ABCSports)
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Michigan's Marquise Walker scores off the blocked punt against Indiana.
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